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Public Resources Code - PRC

8,181 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 5096.366 — For purposes of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or amounts not to exceed the amount of the unsold bonds that have bee
• § 5096.367 — Pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the cost of bond issuance shall be paid out of the bond proceeds.
• § 5096.367.5 — Actual costs incurred in connection with administering programs authorized under the categories specified in Section 5096.
• § 5096.368 — The secretary may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account, including other authorized forms of interim financing that include, but are not lim
• § 5096.369 — All money deposited in the fund that is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be reserved in the fund and shall be available for transfer to the General Fund as a credit to exp
• § 5096.370 — The bonds may be refunded in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section 16780) of Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, which is a part of the State General Obli
• § 5096.371 — Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or the State General Obligation Bond Law, if the Treasurer sells bonds pursuant to this chapter that include a bond counsel opinion to the effect that the
• § 5096.372 — (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this chapter are not “proceeds of taxes” as that term is used in Article XIII B of the
• § 5096.400 — To the extent permitted by federal law, if the Camp Pendleton Marine Base in the County of San Diego ceases to be used as a federal facility, it shall be converted to an open-space area or greenbelt t
• § 5096.500 — The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) It is vital to ensure public confidence in amounts paid, and procedures used, for the acquisition of property by state agencies that spend taxpayer o
• § 5096.501 — For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Acquisition agency” means the Wildlife Conservation Board, the Department of Parks and Recreation, or a state conser
• § 5096.510 — (a) (1) If more than one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) of state funds are proposed for expenditure or grant by an acquisition agency of conservation lands, the acquisition agency or the pr
• § 5096.512 — (a) In addition to the review by the Department of General Services pursuant to Section 1348.
• § 5096.513 — Not less than 30 calendar days prior to holding a public hearing for the purpose of authorizing a major acquisition of conservation lands, an acquisition agency shall make available for public review
• § 5096.514 — Not more than 10 working days after the close of escrow for a major acquisition of conservation land by an acquisition agency, the acquisition agency shall make available to the public all of the foll
• § 5096.515 — The procedures and requirements established pursuant to this chapter are in addition to, and do not amend, modify, or supplant, any procedures or requirements established pursuant to the Water Securit
• § 5096.516 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), conservation lands may not be sold to another owner, or have possession and control transferred to another agency, unless all of the following occur: (1) The
• § 5096.517 — (a) In addition to any other requirements or standards prescribed by law, appraisal reports prepared for the acquisition of any land or interest therein by or with funding from an “acquisition agency,
• § 5096.518 — For a charitable contribution claimed by a seller that is over five thousand dollars ($5,000) on conservation lands acquired using state funds, in order to substantiate the amount of the charitable co
• § 5096.520 — (a) The Secretary of the Resources Agency shall establish a central public registry of all conservation easements held or required by the state, or purchased with state grant funds provided by an agen
• § 5096.600 — This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe Neighborhood Parks, and Coastal Protection Act of 2002.
• § 5096.601 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) To maintain a high quality of life for California’s growing population requires a continuing investment in parks, recreation facilities, an
• § 5096.605 — As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Acquisition” means obtaining the fee title or a lesser interest in real property, including specifically, a conservation
• § 5096.606 — Lands or interests in land acquired with funds allocated pursuant to this chapter shall be acquired from a willing seller.
• § 5096.610 — The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the California Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe Neighborhood Parks, and Coastal Protection Fund, which is hereby create
• § 5096.611 — Notwithstanding any other law, two million five hundred fifty-seven thousand dollars ($2,557,000) of the unissued bonds authorized for the purposes of subdivision (b) of Section 5096.
• § 5096.615 — The two hundred twenty-five million dollars ($225,000,000) allocated pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 5096.
• § 5096.620 — The eight hundred thirty-two million five hundred thousand dollars ($832,500,000) allocated pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 5096.
• § 5096.621 — (a) Sixty percent of the total funds available for grants pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 5096.
• § 5096.624 — (a) The director shall prepare and adopt criteria and procedures for evaluating applications for grants allocated pursuant to subdivisions (a) to (c), inclusive, of Section 5096.
• § 5096.625 — The funds provided in subdivision (d) of Section 5096.
• § 5096.629 — In making grants of funds allocated pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 5096.
• § 5096.633 — Any grant funds appropriated pursuant to this article that have not been expended by the grant recipient prior to July 1, 2011, shall revert to the fund and be available for appropriation by the Legis
• § 5096.634 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “City” means the City of Laguna Woods.
• § 5096.650 — The one billion two hundred seventy-five million dollars ($1,275,000,000) allocated pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 5096.
• § 5096.651 — In making grants pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 5096.
• § 5096.652 — (a) The two hundred sixty-seven million five hundred thousand dollars ($267,500,000) allocated pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 5096.
• § 5096.665 — Bonds in the total amount of two billion six hundred million dollars ($2,600,000,000), not including the amount of any refunding bonds issued in accordance with Section 5096.
• § 5096.666 — The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Pa
• § 5096.667 — (a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the bonds authorized by this chapter, the California Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe
• § 5096.668 — The committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter to carry out Section 5096.
• § 5096.670 — There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, a sum in an amount required to pa
• § 5096.671 — Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purposes of this chapter, an amount that will equal the total of
• § 5096.672 — For purposes of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or amounts not to exceed the amount of the unsold bonds that have bee
• § 5096.673 — Pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the cost of bond issuance shall be paid out of the bond proceeds.
• § 5096.674 — Actual costs incurred in connection with administering programs authorized under the categories specified in Section 5096.
• § 5096.675 — The secretary may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account, including other authorized forms of interim financing that include, but are not lim
• § 5096.676 — All money deposited in the fund that is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be reserved in the fund and shall be available for transfer to the General Fund as a credit to exp
• § 5096.677 — The bonds may be refunded in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section 16780) of Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, which is a part of the State General Obli
• § 5096.678 — Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or the State General Obligation Bond Law, if the Treasurer sells bonds pursuant to this chapter that include a bond counsel opinion to the effect that the
• § 5096.679 — (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this chapter are not “proceeds of taxes” as that term is used in Article XIII B of the
• § 5096.681 — Except for funds continuously appropriated by this chapter, all appropriations of funds pursuant to Section 5096.
• § 5096.683 — The Secretary shall provide for an annual audit of expenditures from this chapter.
• § 5096.687 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Efficient Water Use in Parks and Recreation Areas Act.
• § 5096.688 — It is the intent of the Legislature to promote the conservation and efficient use of water in California’s parks and recreational areas.
• § 5096.689 — Criteria and procedures adopted by the department for evaluating applications for grants made available pursuant to subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of Section 5096.
• § 5096.800 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Disaster Preparedness and Flood Prevention Bond Act of 2006.
• § 5096.805 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 5096.806 — The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the Disaster Preparedness and Flood Prevention Bond Fund of 2006, which is hereby created.
• § 5096.820 — (a) The sum of four billion ninety million dollars ($4,090,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation therefor, for disaster preparedness and flood prevention projects pursuant to this article.
• § 5096.821 — Three billion dollars ($3,000,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation to the department, for the following purposes: (a) The evaluation, repair, rehabilitation, reconstruction, or replacement
• § 5096.824 — (a) Five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation to the department, for payment for the state’s share of the nonfederal costs, and related costs, of flood control
• § 5096.825 — Two hundred ninety million dollars ($290,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation, for the protection, creation, and enhancement of flood protection corridors and bypasses through any of the fo
• § 5096.827 — Three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation to the department, for grants for stormwater flood management projects that meet all of the following requirements:
• § 5096.827.2 — (a) The department shall develop project selection and evaluation guidelines to implement Section 5096.
• § 5096.827.3 — Consistent with the requirements of Sections 5096.
• § 5096.828 — Funds provided by this article are only available for appropriation until July 1, 2016, and at that time the amount of indebtedness authorized by this chapter shall be reduced by the amount of funds p
• § 5096.830 — The development or adoption of program guidelines and selection criteria for the purposes of this chapter is not subject to the review or approval of the Office of Administrative Law or to any other r
• § 5096.953 — The Secretary of the Resources Agency shall provide for an independent audit of expenditures pursuant to this chapter to ensure that all moneys are expended in accordance with the requirements of this
• § 5096.954 — On or before January 1, 2008, the department shall adopt emergency regulations to implement Section 12585.
• § 5096.9545 — (a) For the purposes of any levee evaluation activities funded by the department, the department shall not require a local cost-share for the following levee evaluations: (1) Evaluations of levees tha
• § 5096.955 — (a) Bonds in the total amount of four billion ninety million dollars ($4,090,000,000), not including the amount of any refunding bonds issued in accordance with Section 5096.
• § 5096.956 — The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law, and all of the provisions of that law apply to
• § 5096.957 — (a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the bonds authorized by this chapter, the Disaster Preparedness and Flood Prevent
• § 5096.958 — The committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter to carry out this chapter and, if so, the amount of bonds to be issued and
• § 5096.959 — There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, a sum in an amount required to pa
• § 5096.960 — Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purposes of this chapter, an amount that will equal the total of
• § 5096.961 — The department may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account, in accordance with Section 16312 of the Government Code, for the purpose of carryi
• § 5096.962 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law, if the Treasurer sells bonds that include a bond counsel opinion to the effect that the interest on th
• § 5096.963 — For the purposes of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or amounts not to exceed the amount of the unsold bonds that have
• § 5096.964 — All money deposited in the fund that is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold pursuant to this chapter shall be reserved in the fund and shall be available for transfer to the Genera
• § 5096.965 — Pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the cost of bond issuance shall be paid out of the bond proceeds.
• § 5096.966 — The bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter may be refunded in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section 16780) of Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code,
• § 5096.967 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this chapter are not “proceeds of taxes” as that term is used in Article XIII B of the Cal
• § 5096.968 — Notwithstanding any other law, one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) of the unissued bonds authorized for the purposes of this chapter are reallocated to finance the purposes of, and shall be aut
• § 5097 — As used in this chapter, “state lands” means lands owned by, or under the jurisdiction of, the state or any state agency.
• § 5097.1 — Prior to the commencement of construction of any major public works project on any state lands, the state agency proposing to construct the project, or on whose behalf the project is to be constructed
• § 5097.2 — Upon receipt of plans for a proposed construction project upon state lands, the department may conduct an archaeological site survey on the affected state lands in order to determine whether the lands
• § 5097.3 — The state agency, by or on whose behalf public works are to be constructed on state lands, may undertake such surveys, excavations, or other operations on the state lands as it determines to be necess
• § 5097.4 — No archaelogical program conducted by the Department of Parks and Recreation shall impair, impede or delay any state construction project.
• § 5097.5 — (a) A person shall not knowingly and willfully excavate upon, or remove, destroy, injure, or deface, any historic or prehistoric ruins, burial grounds, archaeological or vertebrate paleontological sit
• § 5097.6 — Expenditures to carry out the purposes of this chapter shall be made only pursuant to legislative appropriation for these purposes or by contract with other state agencies.
• § 5097.7 — Upon a conviction pursuant to Section 5097.
• § 5097.9 — No public agency, and no private party using or occupying public property, or operating on public property, under a public license, permit, grant, lease, or contract made on or after July 1, 1977, sha
• § 5097.91 — There is in state government a Native American Heritage Commission, consisting of nine members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.
• § 5097.92 — At least five of the nine members shall be elders, traditional people, or spiritual leaders of California Native American tribes, nominated by Native American organizations, tribes, or groups within t
• § 5097.93 — The members of the commission shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed their actual and necessary expenses.
• § 5097.94 — The commission shall have the following powers and duties: (a) To identify and catalog places of special religious or social significance to Native Americans, and known graves and cemeteries of Native
• § 5097.95 — Each state and local agency shall cooperate with the commission in carrying out its duties under this chapter.
• § 5097.96 — The commission may prepare an inventory of Native American sacred places that are located on public lands and shall review the current administrative and statutory protections accorded to such places.
• § 5097.97 — In the event that any Native American organization, tribe, group, or individual advises the commission that a proposed action by a public agency may cause severe or irreparable damage to a Native Amer
• § 5097.98 — (a) Whenever the commission receives notification of a discovery of Native American human remains from a county coroner pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 7050.
• § 5097.99 — (a) No person shall obtain or possess any Native American artifacts or human remains which are taken from a Native American grave or cairn on or after January 1, 1984, except as otherwise provided by
• § 5097.991 — It is the policy of the state that Native American remains and associated grave artifacts shall be repatriated.
• § 5097.993 — (a) (1) A person who unlawfully and maliciously excavates upon, removes, destroys, injures, or defaces a Native American historic, cultural, or sacred site, that is listed or may be eligible for listi
• § 5097.994 — (a) A person who violates subdivision (a) of Section 5097.
• § 5097.997 — For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “ Heritage center” means the California Indian Heritage Center.
• § 5097.998 — (a) The California Indian Heritage Center Task Force is hereby created within the department.
• § 5097.999 — It is the intent of the Legislature that the department develop a California Indian Heritage Center for cultural preservation, learning and exchange, land stewardship, and a place to engage all visito
• § 5098 — As used in this chapter, “fund” means the State Parks and Recreation Fund.
• § 5098.1 — All federal grants which result from the expenditure of state funds for Department of Parks and Recreation acquisition and development projects shall be deposited in the fund.
• § 5098.3 — Except as provided in Section 5098.
• § 5099 — It is the purpose of this chapter to provide authority to enable the state and its local governmental agencies and subdivisions to participate in the benefits of the “Land and Water Conservation Fund
• § 5099.10 — The director shall propose rules and regulations which establish standards governing the disbursement of funds received by him pursuant to this chapter.
• § 5099.11 — The director shall transmit a copy of rules and regulations which have been adopted, and shall annually transmit any adopted revisions thereof, to each Member of the Legislature.
• § 5099.12 — Of the annual apportionment of funds received by the director pursuant to this chapter, 60 percent shall be allocated for local governmental agency projects and 40 percent for state agency projects.
• § 5099.2 — The director shall maintain and keep up to date a comprehensive plan for the development of the outdoor recreation resources of the state.
• § 5099.3 — The director shall apply to the Department of the Interior of the United States for participation in or the receipt of aid under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965.
• § 5099.35 — The Legislature recognizes that it is the intended purpose of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as expressed in such act, that such federal financial assistance as may be provided to t
• § 5099.4 — The director may receive, on behalf of state and local agencies and subdivisions of the state, and disburse any federal funds for outdoor recreation purposes received pursuant to the act.
• § 5099.5 — The director shall make no commitment or enter into any agreement pursuant to an exercise of authority under this chapter until he has determined that any money or property required to be furnished as
• § 5099.7 — The director, after receiving a report from the health officer pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 115885 of the Health and Safety Code, shall withhold any funds that are received on or after the e
• § 510 — The department may adopt, alter, change or amend any state master plan of shoreline development.
• § 5101 — The board of supervisors of any county or the governing body of any city, may receive devises, bequests, donations, and gifts, for the purpose of erecting, within the county, or city, a monument in me
• § 5102 — When, in the opinion of the board of supervisors or other governing body, the devises, bequests, donations, and gifts received are sufficient for the purpose, it may erect the monument.
• § 5103 — The board of supervisors or other governing body may submit to the qualified electors of the county, or the city, the question whether taxes for the erection of a monument to the California pioneers s
• § 5104 — Twenty days’ notice of the election shall be given by posting in at least three public places in the county, or the city.
• § 5105 — The ballots shall have printed on them the words “Shall the measure (stating the nature thereof) be adopted?” To the right or below the statement of the measure to be voted on, the words “Yes” and “No
• § 5106 — When the tax has been voted in a county, the board of supervisors, in the next annual levy of taxes, shall levy a tax on the property in the county, sufficient to produce the amount voted for the purp
• § 5107 — When the tax has been voted in a city, its governing body, in the next annual levy of taxes, shall levy a tax on the property in the city, sufficient to produce the amount voted for the purpose, which
• § 5108 — When the taxes so raised and collected are available, the board of supervisors, in case of monuments for a county, and the governing body of a city, in case of monuments for a city, shall proceed to c
• § 5109 — The boards of supervisors in the several counties may appropriate money from the general fund of the county to erect monuments or to place tablets to commemorate historic spots or places within the li
• § 511 — The department, with the approval of the Department of General Services, may procure insurance on vessels owned or operated by the department against the usual hazards in addition to the special hazar
• § 512 — For the purpose of disseminating information relating to its activities, powers, duties, or functions, the department may issue publications, construct and maintain exhibits, and perform such acts and
• § 5120 — The board of supervisors of any county may by ordinance declare its intention to establish and maintain a museum of history, science, art, or similar objects.
• § 5121 — The board may acquire and manage real and personal property necessary properly to house and care for the exhibits and materials placed in the museum.
• § 5122 — The board may acquire and maintain a library in furtherance of the objects of the museum.
• § 5123 — The board may purchase, collect, trade, exchange, or otherwise acquire exhibition or study material proper or necessary for the use of the museum, and may sell, lend, or exchange material, according t
• § 5124 — The board may conduct lectures, entertainments and receptions, and hold meetings in furtherance of the interests of the museum for the purpose of acquainting the public with material or exhibitions in
• § 5125 — The board may conduct or assist study, investigation, or research in any department established in the museum.
• § 5126 — The board may conduct special or technical schools or institutes for instruction in any of the matters pertaining to or connected with the museum, may issue certificates evidencing completion of the i
• § 5127 — The board may cooperate with other governmental agencies, with universities, colleges, technical schools, societies, or individuals in the advancement of learning in the arts and sciences.
• § 5128 — The board may publish documents pertaining to the work of the museum and may sell, exchange, or distribute them without charge.
• § 5129 — The board may employ curators, attendants, or other persons necessary to conduct the museum and to carry out the powers granted by this article.
• § 513 — (a) The department, as a means of furthering the interpretive and educational functions of the state park system, may enter into an agreement to act cooperatively with a nonprofit cooperating associat
• § 513.1 — The department may provide space and facilities for schools to use for environmental education purposes within units of the state park system.
• § 5130 — Any county in which a museum has been established and is being maintained under this article may become associated with other governmental agencies, associations, societies, or persons in any society,
• § 5131 — Under such limitations and restrictions as are prescribed by law, boards of supervisors may permit nonprofit incorporated historical societies to withdraw from the county records for exhibition purpos
• § 5132 — Under such limitations and restrictions as are prescribed by law, boards of supervisors may place in the custody and control of the county historical society, or its trustees or other directors, any r
• § 5135 — Every city and every county may accept title to real property for museum or art gallery purposes, or permit the erection of buildings and improvements for such purposes on lands owned by the city or c
• § 5136 — Whenever any donation of real property has been made to a city or county for museum or art gallery purposes, or any building or improvements therefor have been erected upon public lands by an individu
• § 5137 — In every instance of such delegation of power the governing body of the city or county shall require: (a) That all members of the public shall be admitted to the gallery or museum at reasonable times,
• § 5138 — The governing body of the city or county may appropriate and expend funds for the improvement, operation, expansion and support of any such art gallery or museum, and shall have, in addition to the po
• § 514 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or of law and except as provided in the State Building Standards Law, Part 2.
• § 5140 — In addition to its other powers the board of supervisors of any county with a population of four million or more may: (a) Acquire land for and construct, lease or otherwise acquire, furnish, refurnish
• § 5141.1 — A lease or sublease entered into pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 5140 shall provide that the net revenue, if any, from the operation and use of the facilities, remaining after the payment of an
• § 5150 — Any county or city may assist the State in acquiring any park, playground, recreational center, or beach to be used for recreational purposes.
• § 5151 — Any county or city may donate, convey, and grant to the State any real property owned by it, or which it may acquire, for a park, playground, recreational center, or beach used for recreational purpos
• § 5152 — The board of supervisors or governing body of any county or city within which any park forming a part of the State park system is established, may relinquish any road, highway, or trail, or portion th
• § 5153 — Relinquishment to the park authority of any road, highway, trail, or right of way shall be by resolution of the board or governing body having jurisdiction, spread upon its minutes, after notice and h
• § 5155 — The board of supervisors of any county may, by a unanimous vote, expend any portion of the moneys in any of the funds named in section 5156 for the payment of principal or interest, the redemption or
• § 5156 — Expenditures authorized by Section 5155, may be made from any one of the following funds: (a) The general fund of the county.
• § 5157 — Any county may purchase or lease, or obtain by gift, lands located in the county, or in other counties and may hold, improve, and maintain such lands for public parks, public beaches, public recreatio
• § 5157.5 — Under such limitations and restrictions as are prescribed by law, and in addition to jurisdiction and powers otherwise conferred, boards of supervisors in their respective counties shall have jurisdic
• § 5158 — The commissioners of any public park in this State may accept and receive donations and aid from individuals and corporations, and may receive legacies and bequests, and the moneys derived therefrom s
• § 5159 — If these funds at any time exceed the sums necessary for immediate expenditure on the park grounds, or if it is advisable to invest them and make them productive, the park commissioners may invest the
• § 5160 — The board of supervisors of any county may by a four-fifths vote of the members use or dedicate for county highway purposes any portion of any county public park acquired in whole or in part with coun
• § 5161 — Whenever any county, city and county, city or the state owns land within the limits of any area designated as a state historical monument, it may, with the consent of the department, sell such land to
• § 5162 — Any beach or seashore recreation area owned, leased, operated, controlled, maintained or managed by a city or county which is open to the use of residents of such city or county shall be open to all m
• § 5163 — (a) No person shall initially be employed in connection with a park, playground, recreational center, or beach used for recreational purposes by a city or county in a position requiring contact with c
• § 5163.1 — The examination shall consist of an approved intradermal tuberculosis test, which, if positive, shall be followed by an X-ray of the lungs.
• § 5163.2 — The X-ray film may be taken by a competent and qualified X-ray technician if the X-ray film is subsequently interpreted by a licensed physician and surgeon.
• § 5163.3 — The city or county shall maintain a file containing an up-to-date certificate for each person covered by Section 5163.
• § 5163.4 — Nothing in Sections 5163 to 5163.
• § 5164 — (a) (1) A county, city, city and county, or special district shall not hire a person for employment, or hire a volunteer to perform services, at a county, city, city and county, or special district op
• § 5181 — All lands, parks, highways, and avenues in any city or city and county, which prior to March 14, 1889, were set apart by law for public parks and which have been placed under the management or control
• § 5182 — Each board of park commissioners shall consist of three persons, who shall be appointed by the Governor.
• § 5183 — In case of a vacancy in the membership of the board, it shall be filled by an appointee of the remaining members of the board, for the unexpired term.
• § 5184 — The Governor shall issue a commission to each commissioner appointed by him or her, and each commissioner shall, within 20 days after the receipt thereof, take and subscribe the oath of office prescri
• § 5185 — Two members of the board constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; and the concurrent action of two members is sufficient to enable the board to: (a) Make any contracts pertaining to the pa
• § 5186 — Each board shall govern, manage, and direct the parks, avenues, and grounds which are placed under its care and charge.
• § 5187 — It may employ and appoint superintendents, laborers, clerks or secretaries, attorneys, surveyors, and engineers, and it may engage and employ musicians for service in the park, and other officers and
• § 5188 — It may prescribe and fix the duties, authority, and compensation of its appointees and employees.
• § 5189 — Moneys shall not be paid out of the treasury of any city, or city and county, except upon warrants duly signed by a majority of the board of park commissioners and audited by the auditor of the city.
• § 5190 — Every park commissioner who is interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract or work of any kind connected with the park or grounds under the control of the board of which he is a member is guil
• § 5191 — Each board shall on the first Monday of July of each year make to the Legislature of the State, and to the legislative body of the city in which the board is acting, a full report of its proceedings a
• § 5192 — Each board of park commissioners may let or lease any portion of the parks or grounds under its control, not exceeding one acre in extent, to any one person, until the grounds so leased are required f
• § 5193 — Each board may pass and adopt ordinances which are necessary for the regulation, use, and government of the parks and grounds under its supervision, not inconsistent with the laws of the State.
• § 5194 — Prisoners over the age of 18 years, who have been sentenced to hard labor in any penal establishment of any city or city and county may, upon the request and requisition of the board of park commissio
• § 5195 — Each board may accept donations and aid from any person or corporation, and legacies and bequests by the last wills of deceased persons, for the aid or improvement of the parks and grounds under the c
• § 5196 — If the money derived from gifts, bequests, or legacies at any time exceeds the sum necessary for immediate expenditure on the parks and grounds, or if it is advisable to invest all or a part of such f
• § 5199 — A board of park commissioners shall not in any year incur any debt or liability or expend any money beyond the amount legally applicable to the support, preservation, and improvement of the parks and
• § 520 — For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Park support organization” means a nonprofit organization that meets all of the following requirements: (1) Is
• § 521 — (a) The department may enter into a statewide agreement with a park support organization to facilitate the implementation of reforms recommended by the Parks Forward Commission and to develop and secu
• § 522 — The director and the Director of Finance, or their respective designees, may serve as ex officio, nonvoting members of the park support organization’s board of directors in order to provide for effect
• § 522.5 — The park support organization is not a state agency or state body.
• § 523 — (a) If the department enters into an agreement with a park support organization pursuant to Section 521, the department and the park support organization shall collaborate to develop an annual list of
• § 524 — (a) In order to advance the purposes described in subdivision (a) of Section 521, an agreement between the department and the park support organization pursuant to Section 521 shall, at a minimum, inc
• § 525 — Nothing in this article shall be interpreted as a limitation on the ability of the park support organization to apply for, receive, or administer grants, loans, or other funds from public entities oth
• § 530 — (a) There is in the department the State Park and Recreation Commission.